set-back

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He understands a harmed condition as one in which there is a ˜set-back to interests;™ and there is a good reason for coercion if the set-back is wrongful, not simply a setback of the order of losing a professional tennis competition or being driven out of business by a rival's superior product.

Whereas before, the tall girls had any number of reasons why they were models -- age, skin diseases, lopsided faces, hideousness, the fact that they were Tahlia -- many of them this time seem to have only height as their primary set-back.

Jack Wilshere will undergo a scan this week, which will reveal the severity of the set-back that he has suffered as he fights to recover from the stress fracture to his ankle that has ruined his season.

As you already know, GTO being such a beautifully rustic old town with its unique hillside structures is definitely a set-back to a time, hopefully will stay with us for many more years to come, even if its just for the sake of nostalgia.